blog posts Illinois takes down Minnesota behind late-game heroics from Paddock, Williams Nov 6, 2023 8:15 am Trailing by five points with under two minutes to play, Illinois needed to go 85 yards and find the end zone if it wanted to secure the victory. That is exactly what the Illini did. Illinois takes on Iowa in Big Ten West showdown Oct 7, 2022 9:15 am Saturday marks the Illini's first Big Ten home game of the season, and they will look to snap an eight-game losing skid against the Hawkeyes dating back to 2008. Here are three storylines to watch. Illinois takes on Penn State Sept. 16 Sep 11, 2023 1:45 pm Illinois welcomes #7 Penn State to Memorial Stadium on Sept. 16 Illinois theatre production of 'Airness' follows journey of air guitarists Feb 21, 2024 4:30 pm A group of nerds playing air guitar competes in bars across the country, seeking the pinnacle of self-expression that the competitors call 'airness.' 'This play is crammed with rock and roll. The play is fast and funny and loud. It’s so much fun.' Illinois to become abortion 'oasis' in wake of Dobbs ruling Jun 28, 2022 12:15 pm Law360 (June 27) If a projected 30,000 women a year from neighboring states seek abortions in Illinois, state residents may struggle to get an abortion because of high demand, says U. of I. law professor Robin Fretwell Wilson. Illinois to co-lead new Chan-Zuckerberg Biohub in Chicago Mar 2, 2023 11:30 am CZ Biohub will work to embed sensors into tissues to understand how healthy and diseased tissues function in unprecedented detail. 'This might feel like science fiction today, but we think it’s realistic to achieve huge progress in the next 10 years.' Illinois travels to Purdue for first Big Ten road game Sep 26, 2023 8:45 am Illinois will be on the road in Big Ten play for the first time this season when the Fighting Illini travel to West Lafayette to take on Purdue on Saturday. The game is scheduled to kick off at 2:30 p.m. CT on Peacock. Illinois unions made significant gains in recently ended legislative session Jun 20, 2023 1:00 pm Labor Tribune (June 19) The $50.6 billion budget approved by the legislature includes $2.3 million for the U of I's Labor and Employment Relations programs, along with more funds to fill nursing shortages and increase the number of DCFS workers. Illinois Volleyball unveils spring schedule Feb 7, 2024 8:00 am The Illini open the spring schedule with a match against DePaul on March 8. First serve from Huff Hall is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. CT. Admission is free. Illinois Volleyball welcomes Northwestern for midweek clash at Huff Hall Nov 1, 2023 11:15 am Illinois volleyball goes for its sixth straight victory when the team hosts Northwestern at Huff Hall on Wednesday night. First serve on Big Ten Network is slated for 8 p.m. CT. Illinois’ Wang set for Arnold Palmer Cup Jun 8, 2023 9:15 am Wang enters the prestigious tournament after becoming the first Big Ten Champion in Illini program history since 1993, while also garnering Big Ten Player of the Year honors, and leading the program to its first-ever B1G Championship. Illinois welcomes second-largest freshman class Sep 7, 2022 11:00 am U of I's incoming class of 7,957 first-year students brings greater representation by gender, nationality and students who are the first in their family to go to college, while a change in the application process resulted in greater academic competition. Image of Research semifinalists. Vote for your favorite! Mar 19, 2024 1:15 pm You'll be amazed at the diversity and beauty of graduate student research at Illinois. We invite you to explore the online exhibition and vote for your top three entries. Your votes will determine the People's Choice winner ($100 award). Imaging agents light up two cancer biomarkers to give more complete picture of tumor Jun 5, 2023 12:45 pm 'If you want to find all the cancer, imaging one biomarker is not enough. It could miss some tumors. If you introduce a second or a third biomarker, the likelihood of removing all cancer cells increases,' says Professor Viktor Gruev. Immunotherapy trials show promise for treating canine melanoma Aug 8, 2022 10:00 am These novel approaches have yielded encouraging results in canine patients, and human trials using the same therapeutic platforms are expected to begin in 2023. Implicit bias prevents women from obtaining prompt treatment for health problems Dec 20, 2022 10:00 am For some women who experience serious and chronic physical or mental health conditions, one of their most daunting challenges is obtaining the belief and validation of health care providers, family members and friends. Inaugural showcase to celebrate student media production projects Apr 14, 2023 1:00 pm The Department of Media & Cinema Studies presents the inaugural student showcase, featuring faculty-curated work created by students throughout the academic year. Indiana visits State Farm Center for top-25 showdown tonight Jan 18, 2023 10:15 am Illini Women's Basketball faces a tough opponent tonight (7 pm, B1G+). No. 6-ranked Indiana is off to an 16-1 start with a 5-1 mark in B1G play. The Hoosiers are on a four-game winning streak and are 3-1 in true road games this season. INHS researchers reveal 'virgin birth' in a crocodile Jun 12, 2023 2:30 pm 'It’s wild... There animals are out there in our world – even in Illinois – that can produce offspring without a mate, but this is the first time that anyone has confirmed this in crocodilians,' says Mark Davis, biologist at the Illinois Natural History Survey. In Memoriam: Tony Waldrop, physiologist and university leader Dec 8, 2022 3:00 pm University administrator Tony Waldrop passed away on Dec. 3, 2022, in Chapel Hill, NC. As a vice chancellor for research, he played a key role in the development of plans for the University of Illinois Research Park in Champaign. Innovative teaching tackles climate change and health Nov 1, 2023 11:00 am Students in various health-related disciplines – from medicine to veterinary medicine to public health – work together to examine how climate change affects health across species and ecosystems and then offer possible solutions. Insect Fear Film Festival celebrates 40 years of entertaining, educating about insects Feb 27, 2023 11:00 am The 2023 Insect Fear Film Festival celebrates 40 years of entertaining and educating people about insects and their close relatives. This year’s festival (March 4) features living fossil organisms. Insect protein slows weight gain, boosts health status in obese mice Jul 26, 2023 11:45 am The mice didn't lose weight, 'they just slowed their gain with the mealworms,' says researcher Kelly Swanson. But, 'their LDL, so-called "bad cholesterol," went down and the HDL, "good cholesterol," went up.' Inspired by science fiction: A monocycle robot with two legs Mar 27, 2024 9:00 am The hybrid leg-wheel mechanism enables the robot to tackle diverse terrains, and to maneuver through narrow spaces, which means this design can be adapted for last-mile deliveries in congested environments. Institute for Condensed Matter Theory renamed for Sir Anthony Leggett Nov 6, 2023 8:30 am The Physics department has introduced the Anthony J. Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory in a celebration featuring the 2003 Nobel Prize Award winner and current John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Chair Emeritus in Physics. Intelligence predictions improve with whole-brain connectivity profiles Dec 22, 2022 11:00 am Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (Dec. 21) 'Intelligence appears to emerge from the global architecture of the brain and to reflect the efficiency and flexibility of systemwide network function,' said U of I researcher Aron Barbey. Interested in Illinois? Come visit us this fall! Aug 29, 2022 7:00 am Interested in Illinois? Come visit us this fall! Interested in Illinois? Stop by for a visit! Feb 12, 2023 5:30 pm The best way to know if a school is for you is simply by being there. Visit and find out for yourself what it's like to be an Illini. Interested in Illinois? Visit campus this summer Jun 3, 2022 1:30 pm The best way to know if a school is for you is simply by being there. Visit and find out for yourself what it’s like to be an Illini. Interested in Illinois? Visit campus this summer! Jun 5, 2023 9:15 am Visit and find out for yourself what it's like to be an Illini. Interested in Illinois? Visit campus this summer! Jun 10, 2024 8:15 am The best way to know if a school is for you is simply by being there. Visit and find out for yourself what it's like to be an Illini! International Education Week to highlight cultural exchange and scholarship at Illinois Oct 23, 2023 8:30 am International Education Week (IEW) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign returns Nov. 5 with several events honoring the positive impact of international education in the community. I-Rural: Helping communities meet increased demand for rural tourism May 2, 2022 10:45 am 'Many people traveled to rural destinations with low population densities during the pandemic, allowing (Illinois) communities to reimagine their potential for tourism development,' says recreation, sport and tourism professor Sharon Zou. . Is artificial intelligence the solution to cyber security threats? Jan 19, 2024 8:00 am Financial Times (Jan. 15) Generative AI can be used for 'generating [and] synthesizing data' with which to train machine learning models, says U of I professor Gang Wang. 'This is particularly helpful for security tasks where data is sparse or lacks diversity.' Is climate change affecting tornado behavior? May 16, 2024 8:45 am ABC News (May 13) Robert Trapp, a professor of atmospheric sciences at the U. of I., says there's been 'a decline in the number of tornado days per year' but an 'incline in the number of tornado outbreaks.' Is climate change causing more record-breaking hail? Aug 11, 2023 10:15 am Scientific American (Aug. 11) – Enormous hailstones raise the question of whether global warming will intensify hailstorms. 'There are so many factors that go into hail, so that makes it a big challenge to predict,' says U of I's Sonia Lasher-Trapp. Is interrogation of women who miscarry the next post-Roe reverberation? Jun 29, 2022 11:45 am Time (June 28) 'They were all suspects,' says abortion history expert Leslie Reagan. Doctors 'couldn’t tell if it was a natural miscarriage or whether they had induced it. They came to assume that anyone who came in...miscarrying, had induced it.' Is Russia-Ukraine war heading toward stalemate? Mar 2, 2023 10:15 am One year into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the most likely outcome is a stalemate, despite the mounting cost in blood and treasure, says political science professor Edward A. Kolodziej, an expert in global politics. Is the independent state legislature theory constitutionally valid? Nov 3, 2022 9:00 am The debate surrounding the independent state legislature theory in a case the U.S. Supreme Court is considering is a lopsided one, says Law dean Vikram Amar. An originalist approach of interpreting the Constitution should lead to its rejection. It's a ‘breakthrough’ year for biometric payments. You may soon be paying with your face May 21, 2024 12:15 pm CNBC (May 20) 'We voluntarily give up our privacy all the time. We post on Facebook, we use social media... I tell people constantly that everything about you is already out there,' says U of I Professor Sheldon Jacobson. ‘It’s part of the war now’: Unions increasingly use social media to boost labor actions Dec 21, 2023 4:30 pm Gateway Journalism Review (Dec. 21) 'It's fairly unsophisticated in how they use it,' says U of I labor expert Robert Bruno. 'It’s mainly to promote value and less about strategy.' iVenture Accelerator welcomes eighth and largest cohort Jun 8, 2022 1:30 pm The university's iVenture Accelerator—powered by Gies College of Business—has admitted 16 startups into its eighth and largest cohort ever. This year’s group consists of 55 full-time students across 30 fields of study. Jackie Joyner-Kersee gives advice to Illinois graduates May 23, 2023 1:15 pm Inc. (May 19) - In her speech to graduates, the athlete shared her story to success. Jackson, Wagoner receive B1G Outstanding Sportsmanship Award Jul 12, 2022 2:00 pm The Big Ten announced on Tuesday the 28 honorees named Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winners for the 2021-22 academic year. Illinois' Taylor Jackson (baseball) and Lakyn Wagoner (softball) are U of I's recipients. Jim Leonhard named Illinois’ senior football analyst Jul 26, 2023 11:00 am Leonhard joins the Illini from Wisconsin, where he spent the last seven seasons on staff, including serving as interim head coach for seven games in 2022. Job-quality indicator points to mixed bag for Illinois workers Sep 19, 2022 2:00 pm A team of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign labor experts has developed a metric for measuring the quality of jobs throughout the state of Illinois. The findings are a mix of positive and negative news for Illinois workers. Johnston becomes first freshman All-American pole vaulter in program history Jun 6, 2024 8:15 am The men's track and field squad completed the first day of the NCAA Outdoor Championships on Wednesday (June 5). True freshman Cody Johnston earned All-America honors in the pole vault by taking fifth place. Join our Martin Luther King, Jr. celebrations Jan 12, 2023 1:45 pm Learn, create, volunteer! There are several opportunities to join our campus celebrations of the life and impact of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., beginning on Monday, January 16, and running through the following week. Join us! Check the calendar of Homecoming Week events Oct 13, 2023 11:15 am With a Homecoming week theme of 'Sweet Home Illini,' the U of I welcomes alumni and friends to campus for a full week's worth of events, from the 5k on Sunday, Oct. 15, through a fall football weekend that culminates with a Foreigner concert. Jonathan Davis placed second in USATF Finals Jun 27, 2022 9:15 am Illini track and field star and graduate student Jonathan Davis earned silver in the USA Track and Field Outdoor Championship in the 1500m on Saturday, adding a noteworthy accomplishment to his long list of accolades.